{"product_id":"the-good-story-exchanges-on-truth-fiction-and-psychotherapy","title":"The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychotherapy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fascinating dialogue on the human inclination to make up stories between a Nobel Prize-wining writer and a psychotherapist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Good Story\u003c\/i\u003e is an exchange between a great writer with a long-standing interest in human psychology and a distinguished psychotherapist who has long been passionate about literature. \u003cbr\u003e Arabella Kurtz and J.M. Coetzee consider psychotherapy and its wider social context from different perspectives, but at the heart of both their approaches are language and story. Working alone, the writer is in sole charge of the story he or she tells. The therapist collaborates with the patient on the story of their life. Are they seeking an absolute truth or a fiction that will help the patient to overcome their distress? \u003cbr\u003e The authors discuss both individual psychology and the psychology of the group: the school classroom, the gang, the settler nation where the brutal deeds of the ancestors several generations back have to be accommodated into the national story. They draw on the work of great writers like Cervantes and Dostoevsky as well as canonical writers on psychoanalysis such as Freud and Melanie Klein. Their discussion provides an illuminating insight into the stories we tell of our lives.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jm-coetzee-books\"\u003eJ. M. Coetzee\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harvill Secker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781846558894\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harvill Secker","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £754.80","offer_id":47917765918897,"sku":"SB-1846558891-C3","price":754.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1846558891.jpg?v=1789720473","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-good-story-exchanges-on-truth-fiction-and-psychotherapy","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}